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NYT Connections July 21 2025 Answers

Puzzle #771

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

FREEZING FOOT EXTRA CONTRACTION ICING SHRINKAGE CONDENSATION MELTING POSSESSIVE YADA YADA BONUS REGIFTING FESTIVUS QUOTE GRAVY VAPORIZATION

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — ADDITIONAL PERK
Green — PHASE TRANSITIONS FOR LIQUIDS
Blue — CONCEPTS FROM “SEINFELD”
Purple — WHAT ' CAN INDICATE
ADDITIONAL PERKBONUS, EXTRA, GRAVY, ICING
PHASE TRANSITIONS FOR LIQUIDSCONDENSATION, FREEZING, MELTING, VAPORIZATION
CONCEPTS FROM “SEINFELD”FESTIVUS, REGIFTING, SHRINKAGE, YADA YADA
WHAT ' CAN INDICATECONTRACTION, FOOT, POSSESSIVE, QUOTE
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.